Combined flanging and heading machine.



L. C. SHARP.

COMBINED FLANGING AND HEADING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED DEc.4. 1909.

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L. C. SHARP.

COMBINED FLANGING AND HEADING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 4. 1909.

1 ,154,661 Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

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LEEA C. SHARP, 0F PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA., ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAN COM- v PANY, OF NEW YORK, N. YL', A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED ELANGING AND HEADING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Steph 28, 19,15.

Application filed December 4, 1909. Serial No. 531,442.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I', LEE C. SHARP, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Plattsmouth, inthe county of Cass and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Flanging and Heading Machines, of which the followinr is a specification.

lfly invention relates to the manufacture of sheet-metal ware, and more particularly to machines for flanging can-bodies' and securing the heads thereon by double-seaming operations.

It is the object of my invention to provide a combined langing and heading machine to which the heads and plain bodies may be fed, the 'bodies beingy received by a carrierwh'e'el which is intermittently advanced 'toy ings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the machine, Fig. 2 is an end elevation'thereof, Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical l section on the plane of the line '.fc-xof Fig. 1, Figjll is 'a detail plan view of one of the multiple cams for 'reciprocatingthe chuck-spindles, Fig. 5 isa detail side view of apart of the carrier-wheel, Fig. 6 is an angular projection of a art of the carrier-wheel, Fig."7 isy a detail diagrammatic viewv` illustrating the Hanging operation, 1andv Figs.l 8,' 9 'and 10 are viewsshowing dili'er'ent vstages of the heading' or seaming operation.

In each of Figs-1, gand', the lower portion of the machine iframe or base is vbroken `vaway, in FigsfQ' and 3r portions of the Lfeedchutes o'r runways foi-fthe heads Vand canbodies are b'rokeniaway, and in Fig. 1 the planeof 'section ismainlythat of the line of FigjQ, but through a part" of 'the carrier-wheel the plane o'f section is deflect- Vedfto that of the' lin'e' e-s of Fig'i.

vIn the construction shown, 'I lprovide a frame eonsi'stin'gef a suitable base .l upon which at the ends thereof are secured the bearing-heads 2 and 3. The main'driving shaft 4 is journaled in suitable bearings arranged at the side of the base, and onr one end of the said shaft is carried the main driving pulleyr 5. ln the lower portions of the heads 2 and 3 is journaled the shaft G and on said shaft between the 'heads is secured the carrier-wheel ".7. Between' the bearings of the shaft 6 in the head 2 a ratchet-wheel 8 is secured upon the shaft, and adjoining said ratchet-wheel the lever 9 is pivotally mounted upon the shaft. rlChe upper end of. the lever carries a suitable ypawl 10 adapted to engage theteeth of the ratchet-wheel, and the' lower end extends through an opening in the side of the base 1 and has a roller which engages a suitable cam 11 carried on the main driving shaft, theroller being held in engagement with the cam by the weight of the lever. The said ycam is adapted to impart an oscillating movement to the lever which thus', bythe engagement of the pawl 10 with the ratchetwheel, intermittently'advances 'the shaft and carrier-wheel by amounts proportional to the spacing of the ratchet teeth. In the rim ofthe carrier-wheel 7 are formed a number of semi-cylindrical recesses or pockets which are equidistantly spaced from each other and are the same in number as the teeth of the ratchet-wheel S, so that as the shaft is advanced by the ratchet-wheelv the pockets successively occupy like positions. At the front 'side of the machine is an inclined feedchute or runway 12in which are placed the canebodies A to be operated upon, and which is so arranged that at each movement of the carrier-wheel. one of the pockets therein stops adjoining' the end of the chute so as to receive o'ne of the can-bodies therefrom.

In the'upper portions of the heads 2 and 3 are journaled six chuck-spindles 111 which are arranged at opposite sides of the carrierwlieel in pa'irs'of which each is a'lined with the longitudinal axis of one of the pockets ofthe wheel. 'On said chuck-spindles between the"bearings thereof in the heads 2 and 3 are secured pulleys 15 which are driven by means of belts 16 passing alternatelypbelow and over the same as shown in Figs.' 2 and 3,."an'd extending to `suitable driving pulleys arranged 'above the macl'iine.,r Gn the innerends ot the spindles are carried the chucltplates 1,.7 and en the outer vend portions of the spindles sleeves 18 areloosely mounted, being retained thereon by collars securedA at the ends of the spindles. rlhe said sleeves are connected by short links 19 with the upper ends of the levers 2O which are fulcrumed between lugs on the ends of the heads2 and 3 and extend in radially toward the shaft 6. At the inner ends of the said levers 20 are rollers which engageV the multiple. cams 2l. Said rollers are held in engagement with the cams by means of springs 22 which are connected with the levers near the lower ends thereof and extend in through openings in the ends of the heads 2 and 3 and are attached to suitable connecting-blocks 23 arrangedinside the heads, as shown in Fig. l, The cams 21 are formed upon hubs 2l which are pivotally mounted upon the ends of the shaft 6, being held thereon by plates 25, and from said hubsV arms 26 extend diagonally downward and at their ends carry rollers which engage the cams 27 secured on the main d riving shaft l.' rl`he rollers are held in engagement with said cams27 by means of the s rings 2S connected with thearms shown. rlhe cams 27 impart an intermittent hubs 24:, cams 2l, levers 20, links 19 and` vvsleeves 18, to the chuck-spindles which are the carrier-wheel. bodies 29 about the shaft 6 is such that the rollers move alternately from positions sub! stantially in radial alinement with the pockand wit lugs arranged on the Abase as oscillating motion to the arms 26, which movement is communicated through the thus given an intermittent longitudinal reciprocating movement.

0n the shaft 6 adjoining the ends of the hub of the carrier-wheel are pivotally mounted the sector-shaped bodies 29 from Ywhich the arms 30 extend diagonally downward and at their ends carry rollers which engage cams 31'secured on the main driving shaft. The rollers are held in engagement with said cams by springs 32 connected with the arms Yand the base as shown, and the cams are adapted to impart an intermittent oscillating movement to the sector-shaped bodies 29. The said bodies 29 carry radially extending shafts 33 which are adjustably secured therein by set-screws 34. At the outer ends of the shafts 33 are heads in `which are rotatablyv mounted the Hanging-rollers 35 and seaming-rollers 36, and the shafts are soV spaced that all of the rollers will be in substantially the same relation to the pockets of rThe movement of the ets of the carrier-wheel to positions intermediate between'the pockets. The side portions of the carrier-wheel rim are of less thickness than the depth of the pockets, so that at the ends the pocketrecesses cut through said portions of the rim, as'shown in Figs. l. 2, 3, 5,' 6and 7.' Thus the end portions the can-bodies lying in the pack vin the said position.

the said can body is carried tothe first opery ating position between the chuckplates '17 carried by thefirst pair of spindles lll. The spindles are thenmoved inwardly to cause the chuck-plates to pass into the4 ends-of the body. The members 29V are then rotated upon the shaft 6 so as to bring they flangingrollers 35 to the operating position shown in Figs. 3 and" 7, at which said rollers engage the can-body and raise it up into engagement with the revolving chuckplates of which the said first pair are so formed vas to coperate with the flanging rollers35 to flange the body while it is'held and revolved The members 29V are then rotated uponthe shaft 6 to carry the rollers to the positions intermediate between the pockets and thus disengage them from the can-bodies, the chuck-spindles are moved to withdraw the chuck-platesfrom the canbody, and the carrier-wheel is then advanced to carry the can-body to the next operating position between the next pair of chuckplates and spindles. During the said movement a can-head B is dropped into the groove l0 of the pocket, adjoining the end of the flanged body, the head bei'ngvcentered with the body by said ygroove as shown in Fig. 8. The heads are discharged from the chute or runway 37 at a position intermediate Vbetween the first and second operating positions and rest upon the rim of the carrier-wheel between the pockets at said first and second operating positions, being held in place laterally b v portions-of the chute. As the carrier-wheel is movedforwardly aV pocket passes beneath the Yhead which Vthen drops into the groove-40. ln'the 'construction shown in the drawings a head is apbody, after which the seaming roller 36 is moved to operating position and engages the Vhead to perform the first part of the seaming operation. The movement of thecan to the third loperatingpositionor second seam:-. ing position, and thev performance of the second part of` theseamingjoperation, are

made in a manne-'r similar to those for the first part of the seaming operation. The exact form of seam producedv and the form of the chuck-plates and seaming rollers for the production of the seam, are immaterial to my invention and may be varied asl desired. One form of seam which the machine is adapted to producev is shown,` in. Figs. 9 and lO, the seam being partially and entirely completedA in the respective figures. Subsequent movements of the carrier-wheel bring the canv to a. position such that it is discharged by gravity from the carrier-wheel pocket into the discharge-chute 38 which is arranged as shown. Suitable guide bars 39 are extended over the carrier-wheel from the body-chute l2 to the discharge-chute 38, and serve to prevent the cans being thrown out or' the pockets when engaged by the Hanging. and seaming rollers in passing from one operating position to another, but said guide-bars are spaced from the carrier-wheel suliiciently to permit the cans to be raised slightly out of the pockets in passing over the rollers.

It will be obvious that, as the various operations are performed simultaneously, one of the cans will be completed at each movement o' the carrier-wheel; and that the Hanging-rollers and seaming rollers, by engaging the cans from the inside of the carrier-wheel rim, tend to lift the cans out of the pockets and thus avoid any distortion which would result from the engagement of said rollers with the cans from a direction other than one tending to raise them out of the pockets.

New, having described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a can-body Hanging and heading machine, a carrier-wheel having peripheral pockets adapted to receive can-bodies and heads, means orintermittently advancing the wheel to bring the pockets successively to a series of oper-ating positions, pairs of revoluble chuck-plates arranged on opposite sides of the carrier-wheel at each of the operating positions, means for directing canbodies into the pockets before the same reach the first operating position, means for directing can-heads into the pockets between the Hrst and second operating positions. means ior moving the chuck-plates axially toward and away from the carrierwheel, Hanging-rollers and seaming-rollers mounted so that the axes thereof are movable in paths concentric to the axis of the carrier-wheel, and means for simultaneously moving all of said rollers to; engage the Hanging rollers with the can-body at the Hrst operatingposition and to engage the seaming rollers with the can-heads at the subsequent operating positions.

Q. n a. can-body Hanging and heading machine, an intermittently ineffable shaft,

carrying devices mounted thereon, means for directing can-bodies and heads into said carrying devices, rotating elements arranged at a series ot positions adjoining the successive carrying devices, and Hanging rollers and seaming rollers arranged adjacent to Said rotating elements and adapted tov cooperate therewith to Hange the canbodies and seam the headsupon the flanged bodies, the said Hanging rollers and seaming rollers being disposed in the path of the can-bodies and` being movable in a directionl concentric with said path to engage them with the can-bodies and heads.

3. ln a machine of the class described, a series of kcarrying devices mounted so as to move in a circular path, means for actuating saidI carrying devices to bring the same successively to like positions, a series of elements rotating in planes parallel with the path ot the carrying devices and movable axially toward and away from the carrying devices, a series of rollers adapted to cooperate with said rotating elements in acting upon the cans, and means for. movingk said rollers concentrically tov the path of the carrying devices and maintaining said rollersl at fixed distancesv apart to carry the same into and yout of operative relation with the rotating elements.

41. In a machine of the class described, a carrier-wheel having a rim in which are formed a series of pockets opening radially outward, the said pockets being adapted to receive can-bodies and heads, a series ot' rotating chuck-plates arranged in pairs at the sides of the carrier-wheel, means for moving the chuck-plates axially toward and away from the wheel, means for moving the carrier-wheel to bring can-bodies contained in the,v pockets successively between each pair of the chuck-plates, aseries of rollers arranged inside the rim of the .carrier-wheel and intersecting the path of the can-bodies in the wheel pockets so that in Passing the rollersv said can-bodies are moved radially outward in the pockets, and means for moving the rollers concentrically with the wheel toward and away from the chuck-plates.

5. In a machine of the class described, a carrier-wheel having a rim in which are formed a series of pockets opening radially outward and adapted to receive can-bodies, a series of rotating chuck-plates arranged in pairs at the sides of the carrier-wheel, means for moving the carrier-wheel to bring can-bodies contained in the pockets successively between each pair of the chuckplates, means for moving the chuck-plates axially toward and away from the canbodies, and a series of rollers adapted to cooperate with the chuck-plates in acting upon the can-bodies, the said rollers being arranged inside the rim of the carrierewheel that-1.a @hassles the was they tend. w

:raise the same out of the Ycarrier-wheel pockets.

`,shaft and oscillatable thereon, and yrollers connected with said'bodies and adjustable radially thereof, the said rollers being radapted to coperatie with the rotatingelements inA acting` uponY the cans, and said rollers being movable toward and away from the Vrotating elementsY by the Yoscilla-v tion oit the bodies mounted uponv the homzontal shaft. Y

7'. In a combined'cany body i'ianging and seaming machine, the combinationV ot a Y rotatable carrier, said carrierhaving a can fholding pocket therein, means'tor Hanging a can body at each end, and' seaming mechanism, said Hanging means and seamingv mechanism both operating on the canwhile the same is lin said pocket, substantially as specified. 8, ln va combined can bodylanging and seaming machine, the combination of a carrieritotatable about a horizontal axis 'and having a can holding pocket, a can body gravity feed chute, means for Hanging a can body at eachV end thereof While the same is in said pocket, a can head feeder, and seaming mechanism for uniting the can body and' head whilein said pocket, substantially as specitied.

`Shin a combined can body Hanging and double seaming machine, the combination of a carrier rotatable about a horizontal Yaxis and provided with a combined can body and can end holder, can body Hanging vmeans t or operating on the opposite ends ot a canbody While in said holder, and double seaming devices for uniting a can head to a can bo-dy while in said holder, substantially as specified. Y d Y l0. ln a combined can body Hanging and double seaming machine, the combination of a'cariier rotatable about a horizontal axis and provided with a pluralityy of pockets lon its periphery, two sets of 'can treating means comprising can body Hanging and 'double seaming` mechanisms adjacent ywhich each pocket ot the carrier is presented suc-V cessively, one set of said can vtreating means being adapted to operate atboth ends of' the can body and the other set at'one end ot Ithe can body.

il., ina combined can 'betty angngand 'double seeming machine, the combination of zt/carrier rotatable about a horizontal axis,

and provided with a plurality ot pockets on its periphery, two sets of can treating means comprising can body Hanging andv double yseaming mechanisms adj acent j which each pocket of the carrier is presented V'successively, one set ol" said can treatingmeans being adapted'to operate at both ends of the can body and the other set at one end ofthe can body,V and Vmeans vzor' operating all ot said, can treating vmeans simultaneously.

lfln a can body Hanging machine, in combination: a carrier in which can bodies are adapted rto 'rest on their sides; means torinterinittently advancing'said carrier;

vcan body iianging means ar anged to grip within and 'without "the ends of the ycan bodies; and mechanism for actuating said hanging means to' cause the can'bodies to be pushed` away tromtheir supports and toY cause the iriangingA means and the. can bodies to he rotated. Y

l. ln a can body Hanging machine, in

combination: a carrier in which can bodies are adapted'to rest on their sides; means tor intermittently advancing said carrier;

Vinternal and vexternal Hanging means arranged to grip within and without the Vlower-parts ot the ends of the can bodies;

and mechanism for actuating the external Hanging means to canse the can bodies to be lifted Vand presented to the internal'tlanging e means yand to cause the langing means and the can bodies to be rotated.

lil. ln a can body langing machine, in combination: a rotary carrier in which can bodies are adapted to rest on their sides; means for intermittently rotating said carrier and advancing,r the can bodies therein;

internal and external can body flanging means arranged to O'ri within and Without the endsfot the can bodies; and mechanism' 'for turning the external Hanging means o'n the axis ot' the carrierto cause the. can bodies to be pushed away from their supports' and to cause the vHanging means and the can bodies to be rotated; Y

l5. 'lnA a can body Hanging machine, in combination: a carrier having pockets in which can bodies areadapted to rest onV their sides; means'torrintermittently advancing said carrier; can Vbro-dy, hanging means arranged to grip within and without the ends ot the can body; and mechanisin for actuating said hanging means to cause the can body to'be pushed away from the pochetand to cause the Hanging means and the 'can'bo'dy to be Vrotated freev from the pocket. f

le; ln a can body ianging'and heading machinc,in combination: a carrier having means for ysupporting can bodies in horizontal, 'position and can heads in correspondposton; `means for intermittently adniemeer vanoing the said carrier; internal can 'bo-dy Hanging members having means tor mot`- ing them horizontally into the ends et the can bodies; external can body Hanging members having means for moving them toward the can bodies to lift the same and engage them between the said external and internal Hanging members; mechanism ter rotating the Hanging members; means tor feeding can heads to the Haneed cans; and seaming devices for seaming the heads to th can bodies. y 17. In a can body Hanging and heading machine; in combination: a rotary carrier having means for supporting can bodies in horizontal position and can heads in corresponding position; means for intermittently y rotating the said carrier; internal can body Hanging members having means for moving them horizontally into the ends of the can bodies; external can body Hanging members having means for turning them on the axis of the carrier and moving them toward the can bodies to lift the same and engage them between the said external and internal Hanging members; mechanism for rotating the Hanging members; means for feeding can heads to the Hanged cans; and seaming devices for seaming the heads to the can bodies, the external seaming devices having means for turning them on the axis of the carrier to cause them to engage the under sides ot' the can bodies.

1S. In a can body Hanging and heading machine, in. combination: a carrier having means for supporting can bodies in horizontal position and can heads in'corresponding position; means for intermittently advancing the said carrier; internal can body Hanging members having means for moving them horizontally into the ends of the can bodies near the lower part of the same; ex-

ternal can body Hanging members below the can bodies having means for moving them toward the can bodies to lift the same and engage them between the said external and internal Hanging members; mechanism for rotating the Hanging members; means for feeding can heads to the Hanged cans; and seaming devices for seaming the heads to the can bodies.

19. In a can body Hanging and heading machine, in combination: a carrier having mea-ns for supporting can bodies in horizontal position and can heads in corresponding position; means for intermittently advancing the said carrier; internal can body Hanging members of less diameter than the can bodies and having means for moving them horizontally into the ends of the can bodies out of contact therewith; external can body Hanging members having means for moving them toward the can bodies to lift the same and engage them between the said external and internal yHanging members; Vmechanism for rotating the Hanging members; means for feeding can heads to the Hanged cans; and seaming devices for seaming the Vheads to the can bodies.

20. In a can body Hanging and heading machine; infcombination: a carrier having pockets in fwhichcan bodies are adapted to rest'on their sides; means for intermittently advancing the carrier to bring the pockets to successive operating stations; revoluble Hangs-forming plates arranged one at each side of the carrier at the Hrst operating station; means for projecting the said plates horizontally within the ends of a can body at said Hrst station; Hanging rollers arranged below the path of the pockets at said first station and adapted to coperate with said plates to Hange the ends of can bodies; means for moving the said rollers toward the under sides of the ends ot the can bodies to press the same against the said revoluble plates; and seaming means arranged at the other of said operating stations.

21. In a can body Hanging and heading machine, in combination: a carrier having pockets in which can bodies are adapted to rest on their sides; means for intermittently advancing the carrier to bring the pockets to successive operating stations; revoluble Hange-orming plates oit' less diameter then the interior ot' the can bodies and arranged one at each side of the carrier at the first operating station; means for projecting the plates within the ends of and out of contact with a can body at said Hrst station; Hanging rollers arranged below the path of the pockets at said Hrst station and adapted to coperate with said plates to Hange the ends of can bodies; means for moving the said rollers toward the under sides of the ends of the can bodies to press the same against the said revoluble plates; and seaming means arranged at the other of said operating stations.

22. In a can body Hanging machine, in combination: a carrier having successive holding means for the can bodies; means for intermittently advancing said carrier; can body Hanging means arranged to grip within and without the ends of the can bodies; and mechanism for actuating said Hanging means to cause the Hanging means and the can bodies t0 be rotated with t-he can bodies free from their said holding means.

23. In a can body Hanging machine, in combination: a carrier having successive holding means for the can bodies on which the can bodies are adapted to rest with their axes substantially horizontal; means for intermittently advancing said carrier; internal and external can body Hanging means arranged to grip within and without the ends of the can bodies; and mechanism for actuating the said Hanging means to cause the. can bodies are adapted to be supported;

means for intermittently advancing said carrier; internal `and external Ycan body flanging means arranged eceentrically of the can bodyto gripl Within and Without the same;

and mechanism for actuating the said Hang ing means to cause the can bodies to be rotated and flanged.

In vtestimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my Vname in the presence of tWo Witnesses. l Y v LEE C. SHARP,

Witnesses:

D.V O. BARNELL, ROY G.` KRATZ.,

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